Hoverophone vs Airmony

Play a theremin in the air with your hands—no screen taps, controller, or antenna required. Hoverophone uses the front camera to follow your hands. Raise or lower a hand to glide the pitch, change the distance between your thumb and any finger to control volume, and move from side to side to pan the sound. Raise a hand and you are already playing that unmistakable, otherworldly theremin voice. A POLYPHONIC SYNTH Choose a sine, triangle, saw, or square wave, then add drive and ring modulation. Movement across the camera controls the stereo field. Hoverophone tracks up to four hands at once, so you can play chords instead of a single melody. Bring two sounding hands together to pin a note in place. Pinned notes continue to ring while you play, giving you as many as twelve simultaneous voices: four live and eight sustained. MICROTONAL NOTES IN THE AIR Leave the note grid off for the classic continuous theremin glide. Turn it on to snap the pitch to 12-TET notes or 24-TET quarter tones on an isomorphic hexagonal grid. Move your hand into a cell and the note lands in tune without touching the screen. The 24-TET mode opens the door to microtonal and xenharmonic music while preserving the instrument's in-air control. FEATURES - Front-camera hand tracking with no screen contact - Continuous theremin pitch or an isomorphic note grid - 12-TET and 24-TET tuning with quarter tones - Up to four tracked hands and twelve simultaneous voices - Four waveforms, drive, ring modulation, and stereo panning - Sound through the speaker or headphones, even in silent mode - No account required; plays without a network connection HOW TO PLAY THE THEREMIN A theremin is an electronic musical instrument played without physical contact. In Hoverophone, simply raise a hand in front of the camera. Move up and down to change pitch, open and close the space between your fingers to shape volume, and move left or right to place the sound in the stereo field. If you are learning how to play the theremin, start in continuous mode and practice smooth pitch glides. Switch to 12-TET when you want help landing on familiar notes, or choose 24-TET to play quarter tones and explore microtonal music. Hoverophone is a touch-free theremin app and polyphonic synthesizer app for iPhone and iPad, built for musicians who want expressive camera control without extra hardware. Camera frames are processed entirely on your device and never leave it. Hoverophone does not use the microphone. Create a soft ambient pad, build a dense drone, or summon the eerie sweep of a science-fiction soundtrack. For the most reliable tracking, play in a well-lit room where the camera can see your hands clearly.

Airmony turns the air in front of you into a musical instrument. Hold up a hand, and the front camera reads your gesture in real time: pinch to play a note, slide your hand left and right to move across the scale, and raise or lower it to swell the volume. Use both hands to layer chords. There is nothing to hold and nothing to connect. No musical training required. Because every gesture lands on a note that fits, complete beginners play something beautiful in their first minute, and the experience quickly turns mesmerizing. Musicians get an inspiration engine: improvise with no instrument at hand, stumble onto melodies you would never have written, and capture them as clips. Everything runs on your device. Your camera frames are processed live, on the phone, for hand tracking, and are never uploaded or sent anywhere. There is no account, no sign-up, and no network connection required to play. PLAY WITH YOUR HANDS • Pinch to play, release to stop: a natural, expressive trigger. • Move side to side to glide across the notes of a scale. • Raise and lower your hand to control volume. • Use two hands for chords and harmonies. MUSIC THAT STAYS IN KEY • Snap to a scale so every gesture lands on a musically correct note. • Choose from major, minor, pentatonic and more. • Pick your octave range and a sound that fits the mood. A REAL SYNTH ENGINE • Multiple waveforms, a built-in arpeggiator, reverb and delay. • Designed for low latency so your hands and the sound stay in sync. MADE FOR SHARING • Record a clip in one tap, framed vertically for Reels and TikTok (9:16). • A clean Airmony watermark is baked in. • Share straight to your favorite app with a caption ready to go. • Sing along with wired or Bluetooth headphones: turn Voice on before recording. The microphone is off by default. Balance your voice and the music with two faders before sharing. FREE TO PLAY, MORE INSIDE • Play for free with four moods and no playing-time limit. Record and share clips up to 20 seconds, ending on a whole musical bar. • Airmony+ (subscription or one-time lifetime purchase) unlocks all 16 moods, Pro harmony, The Beat, clips up to 3 minutes and two Face Blur styles for the main face. Review your clip before sharing. ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN • VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion respect. • Visual cues never rely on color alone. Airmony works best in landscape with a bit of room in front of you and even lighting. Bring your hands into frame and start playing. Privacy Policy: https://airmony.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/